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Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food

Foraging frenemies: Researchers find evidence of killer whales and dolphins working together to find food

New research suggests the two top predators have forged a co-operative rather than competitive relationship to find and feast on salmon off B.C. coast.  Read more.

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Kim Humes
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Experts warn rising grocery costs will strain household budgets as new analysis reveals key trends, regional impacts, and policy shifts shaping Canada’s food affordability in the year ahead.
Kenneth Conrad
Friday, December 19, 2025
For the second straight year, three Dal faculty members made the list of Highly Cited Researchers compiled by data analytics company Clarivate. We asked them to share an international collaboration that helped them increase their reach.
Mia Samardzic
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Dalhousie’s Killam Celebration shone a light on groundbreaking research and honoured those scholars shaping global innovation, while unveiling a bold new vision for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarship launching next year.

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Andrew Riley
Friday, May 13, 2022
Four Dal researchers have been a driving force behind Dartmouth-firm Planetary Technologies’ win of the Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE Carbon Removal award. The firm is one of 15 $1-million (USD) milestone award winners selected from a global pool of more than 1,100 teams.
Andrew Riley
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
New projects funded by SSHRC’s Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative are forging university-community partnerships to examine systemic racism in health care and improve the influence of Indigenous leadership in natural resource management.
Alison Auld
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
A conversation with Martha Paynter — PhD candidate, registered Nurse and author of a new book on reproductive health and justice — about what the U.S. Supreme Court's presumed ruling on abortion could mean for reproductive rights on both sides of the border.
Philip Moscovitch
Monday, May 9, 2022
91̽»¨Æ½Ì¨ President Deep Saini, Dean of Agriculture David Gray, and Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture Executive Director Carolyn van den Heuvel discuss feeding the world, environmental stewardship, and food security.
Jennifer Cameron
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Since 2020, 67 business leaders have mentored Lab2Market and Ready2Launch student teams from Dal Innovates. With the support of these trusted advisors these teams have raised a total of 4.2 million in private and public funding and created 83 jobs in the region.